This energy transformation diagram represents the energy of a skateboarder moving along a half-pipe. As she skates toward the top of the half-pipe, her original kinetic energy is converted to potential energy and friction. How much of the energy is potential?

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Cayden Ayala

16 September, 02:03

This energy transformation diagram represents the energy of a skateboarder moving along a half-pipe. As she skates toward the top of the half-pipe, her original kinetic energy is converted to potential energy and friction. How much of the energy is potential?

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Tommy Simon · Answer 1

If she is at the top of the half pipe, then there is no where else to go but down. Therefore, all of the skateboarders energy is potential.

Nikolas · Answer 2

175J of the converted energy would be potential.

To reach this conclusion, look at your diagram.

For this example we will look at the one I was given.

To the left you are given the starting energy and to the right is one of the resulting energies, in this case I got friction.

Subtract one of the resulting energies from the starting energy and you got ur answer: 250J - 75 = 175J